Great place to work, with room to grow (Toronto, Engineering) - Software Engineer Proofpoint Employee Review

5.0
Aug 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Positive & professional work environment - Experienced & competent peers - Downtown location has lots of commuting options - Still growing, good career mobility (technical & management tracks) - Reasonable corporate transparency - Competitive compensation - Great work/life balance (Engineering)

Cons

- Moderate technical debt - Some engineering projects too sales driven - Hiring process can be a bit clunky - Moderate work/life balance (Operations)

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5.0
Mar 25, 2026
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Pros

Compensation is good Teams are nice and helpful Leadership Unlimited PTO

Cons

Return to office policy isn't the best Some co workers are kind of lazy

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Proofpoint Response
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Hi. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your perspective and we're glad to see that overall you're having a great experience on the team.
1.0
Jul 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

fairly lax with lots of time to do things

Cons

many. Former CEO ran things poorly and took in managers who brought along their problems and animosities with them. Not only that, they were allowed to invite their friends to come and join too, many of them owing their jobs to someone creating a bro culture. Even though top mgmt changed since the sale, its many of these people still there to this day. Most of the systems were a black box, existing engineers were mostly uncooperative to keep their knowledge to themselves, the offshore engineers in one particular country were especially bad for this. I have seen major accomplishments achieved by someone, where so many others had failed, only to get fired soon after.

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